There have been 15 new positive cases of coronavirus recorded in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in today’s latest update.
It means that as of 4pm today (Monday) there have now been a total of 1,693 positive test results recorded in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly since the start of the pandemic.
This represents a rate of transmission in the region of 296.1 cases per 100,000 people, which while slowly rising is still relatively low compared to many parts of the country.
Across the UK the overall case figure now sits at 617,688 - a rise of 13,972 cases on the previous day.
The county’s first hospital death since September 22 was reported on Saturday (October 10).
The death was recorded at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro on Thursday, but was only reported in the figures from NHS England on Saturday.
It takes the total number of hospital deaths in Cornwall up to 94, with 68 of them recorded at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and 26 at the Cornwall Partnerships NHS Trust.
There have been no further deaths in Cornwall in the last 24 hours, but nationally a further 36 people who tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 30,507.
Their families have been informed.
There were no deaths reported in the south west as a whole.
No deaths relating to coronavirus in Cornwall were registered in the most recent weekly period, latest Office for National Statistics figures reveal.
The latest figures from the ONS, which has been collating data for deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community, relate to the week of September 19 to September 25, but were registered up to October.
It means that Cornwall's overall coronavirus death toll remains at 210.
In today’s coronavirus-related news:
A new three-tier system of local lockdown measures for England will be announced by the Prime Minister in an effort to curb rising Covid-19 rates.
Different parts of the country will be split up into “medium”, “high” or “very high” local coronavirus alert areas under the new system Boris Johnson is expected to announce today.
It comes after the Prime Minister held a telephone conference with Cabinet colleagues on Sunday to discuss the situation and ongoing negotiations with local leaders in the North of England.
An entire year group has been put into isolation following a confirmed case of coronavirus at a primary school on the Lizard Peninsula.
Cornwall Council said it was working with other authorities to support staff, parents and children at Mullion Primary School after a positive Covid-19 test result at the school involving year six.
It is not the first primary school in the county to have seen a confirmed case of Covid-19 in the past week. Last week a primary school in Truro announced it was closing for a deep clean after three positive cases.
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